GSoD 2020 Introduction

[Sarvottam Kumar via gnome-doc-list]

Hello, GNOME docs community,


I'm *Sarvottam Kumar* (aka 'sarru1291' on all social media platforms).
Though I'm already active in the *Linux and Open source* world and also
GNOME project, GSoD 2020 has given me a dedicated opportunity to contribute
to the GNOME project with my special and natural writing skills.


Currently, I'm focussing to find and resolve new and already existing
issues in docs so that I can also understand the project workflow alongside
as early as possible.

In a few days, I'll pick a project idea and inform the respective mentor so
that I can focus on a specific topic and submit how will I work on that.


To sum up, I'm looking forward to contributing more and making GNOME
documentation better. I hope I'll get support and motivation from the
community. Also, suggest me the best way to get-go with GNOME.


Before you read about me, I also want to mention that I found a misspelled
word in the 'DocumentationProject/Contributing' page which I can't fix as
it shows an immutable page for me. Suggest how can I resolve that?


*A quick overview of me and my interest in GNOME:*


I'm a 4th-year student from BVCOE, New Delhi, India. As of now, I'm working
as a* Linux and Open source* Intern Writer at Fossbytes
 for the last six months. For my article write-ups,
visit here  and my personal site
here .


As a Linux writer, every day I scroll through mailing lists and distro's
official website (of course GNOME too) to enhance my knowledge of Linux and
write an easy-to-read article. Speaking of open source contributions, I've
also contributed to various projects such as Ubuntu, Qubes OS, and Internet
Archive (this one for GSoC 2019 unfortunately not selected).
Though I've been on GNOME for the last three years, lately it has
interested me a lot. Therefore, last month I decided to give back to the
GNOME through part of my programming skills. Oh BTW, I've also worked as a
software and web developer in my two previous internships.

You may not remember but I've also asked for some queries on IRC channel
when I started working on gnome-sound-recorder. Back at that time, GNOME
also started the Community Challenge, hence, I'm working to submit a
solution for that as well. Amid hearing that GNOME has now been selected
for GSoD 2020, I feel like I'm in the right place at the right moment. I
can now work on a specific task that was not known to me and kinda feeling
stranded. Since I couldn't apply for GSoC, I've chosen GSoD 2020 for GNOME.


Thanks & Regards

Sarvottam Kumar
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Re: Let's start talking

[Andre Klapper]

On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 22:11 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> I'm also interested in having the docs team be a partner in the
> scalable onboarding process that I'm working on. We can even talk
> about that some.
>
> Here is the initiative -
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Engagement/initiatives/scalable-onboarding
>
> It kind of works into some other incubation projects I am working on
> in regards to metrics. I would love to work with all of you on how to
> implement onboarding so that we can help grow the team and make
> documentation that has a lot of people working on it.

I'd say that's covered on https://wiki.gnome.org/DocumentationProject
which I just cleaned up a bit.[1] It is still a confusing duplication and mess 
between the content and scope of the pages "Contributing", "Planning", and 
"Tasks" though, if anyone also has some time.

What else is wanted / needed apart from that? I usually understand
specific and actionable topics better than high-level dreamy stuff.

Cheers,
andre

[1] (Deleted outdated Roadmap page; removed duplicated Guides on
frontpage; clearly state to use Contact info instead of contacting
individuals; replace ancient links to Bugzilla queries with Gitlab
queries; remove "Bugzilla watching" and link to Gitlab notifications
instead; link to reporting guidelines on "Reporting Bugs" page; etc)
--
Andre Klapper  |  ak...@gmx.net
https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/


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